Rik Van Looy Belgium Cycling 1963 Tour De France 12x8 Hand Signed Photo

SMATZ009 This is a rare and specialist opportunity to secure this giant 12" x 8" hand signed photo for Belgium champion cyclist Henri Rik Van Looy in the 50th Tour De France on 12th July 1963 who has personally autographed the souvenir where his signature rests perfectly accompanying his portrait in mint condition and undedicated too . The reverse has full details of the time and location of the signing.  Please see all my other professional world cyclists autographs & race memorabilia at my store.

".. .Henri "Rik" Van Looy (20 December 1933 17 December 2024) was a Belgian professional cyclist of the post-war period. Nicknamed the King of the Classics or Emperor of Herentals he dominated the classic cycle races in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Van Looy was twice world professional road race champion, and was the first cyclist to win all five 'Monuments': the most prestigious one-day classics a feat since achieved by just two others. With 367 professional road victories, he ranks second all-time behind Eddy Merckx. Van Looy is ninth on the all-time list of Grand Tour stage winners with thirty-seven victories..."